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MICHIGAN SUGAR CO
$122,245
penalties
104
viol.
12
insp.

MICHIGAN SUGAR CO

725 S ALMER ST, CARO, MI 48723

Inspections
12
Mar 1993 to Dec 2019 · 7 safety, 5 health
Violations
104
across 12 inspections
Penalties on record
$122,245
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 57Willful 0Repeat 2Other 40

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Inspection records

Nov 19, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#114860463$8,10041 viol.

Inspection #114860463

Dates

Opened
Nov 19, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Dec 27, 1993
Contested
Apr 22, 1994
Closed
Aug 19, 1996

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
156

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
41
Violation Types
17 serious, 24 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$14,600
Penalties on Record
$8,100
Site Address
725 S Almer St, Caro, MI 48723
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Enforcement Outcome

Citation contest activity appears on Apr 22, 1994. Final orders are recorded through Dec 18, 1995. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Violations

Violation list (25 of 41 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014081001503Other28$1,000$0Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010034081003603Other110$600$0Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010044081021302Serious210$600$600Sep 9, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010064081023106Serious11$800$0Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010074081.241Serious13$600$0Feb 24, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010084081022001Serious13$800$800Apr 4, 1994--
010094081051102Serious13$800$800Sep 9, 1994--
010104081.732Serious11$600$600Feb 24, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010114081072701Other42$600$0Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010124081073101Serious610$600$300Sep 9, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010134081.736Other22$600$0Feb 24, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010144081.712Serious21$600$600Mar 18, 1994Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010154081144202Serious16$600$600Mar 18, 1994--
010164081.1441Serious11$600$600Mar 18, 1994--
010174081264801Serious11$600$300Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010184081331201Serious11$600$300Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010194081339401Serious11$600$0Jan 9, 1996Apr 22, 1994Dec 18, 1995
010204081400909Serious11$600$600Feb 24, 1994--
010214081400910
OSHA citation code: 4081400910 B
Serious13$600$600Feb 24, 1994--
010221910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04
Serious110$800$800Apr 4, 1994--
010233090011017
OSHA citation code: 3090011017 A
Serious25$600$600Mar 18, 1994--
020014082231105Other1156$0$0Feb 24, 1994--
020024081003303Other13$0$0Apr 4, 1994--
020034081003601Other13$0$0Apr 4, 1994--
020044081.125Other11$0$0Feb 24, 1994--

Showing the 25 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 41 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

Mar 31, 1993FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#114873904$00 viol.

Inspection #114873904

Dates

Opened
Mar 31, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Apr 6, 1993
Closed
Apr 20, 1993

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
60
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
725 S Almer St, Caro, MI 48723
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityMar 31, 1993

Employee killed when crushed by front end loader bucket

Injury: FractureBody part: MultipleSource: Motor Vehicle (Industrial)Event: Caught In or Between
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1910.134Respiratory Protection8 citations · $3,525
4081.2413 citations · $1,575
1910.1200Hazard Communication3 citations · $20,900

Industry comparison

BLS 2024 survey: beet sugar manufacturing reported 6.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 9.6%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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